COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ivar Jacobson

1939 - Today

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Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǐːvar ˈjɑ̂ːkɔbˌsɔn] ; born September 2, 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as a major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development, and Essence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivar Jacobson has received more than 202,255 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ivar Jacobson is the 89th most popular computer scientist (down from 76th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 477th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ivar Jacobson ranks 89 out of 245. Before him are Marlyn Meltzer, Jacques Vallée, Eugene Garfield, Larry Tesler, Eric S. Raymond, and John Henry Holland. After him are Mary Kenneth Keller, Manuel Blum, Abraham Lempel, Robin Milner, Adam Osborne, and Yann LeCun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ivar Jacobson ranks 297. Before him are John Neumeier, Alexandra Stewart, Gösta Ekman, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, Irenaios, and William Eggleston. After him are Joseph Vilsmaier, Judy Collins, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Giulio Angioni, Litokwa Tomeing, and Sid Haig.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ivar Jacobson ranks 557 out of 1,879. Before him are Torgny Lindgren (1938), Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840), Ernst Fast (1881), Bengt Danielsson (1921), Arne Selmosson (1931), and Gösta Ekman (1939). After him are Hasse Jeppson (1925), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Karl Staaff (1860), Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585), and Torsten Hägerstrand (1916).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Sweden

Among computer scientists born in Sweden, Ivar Jacobson ranks 1. After him are Christian Engström (1960), and Gottfrid Svartholm (1984).

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